TRUSTEES

Information regarding our governing board can be found by clicking the link below:  

Information regarding our Trustee/Governing Board

ENQUIRIES  

Please contact Charlotte Cosgrove, Admissions Coordinator on 01983 852722 or admissions@stcatherines.org.uk if you have any questions about the school, the information on this page or would like hardcopies of anything on the website.  Our postal address is St Catherine's, Grove Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1TT.

If you would like a copy of the prospectus please contact our Admissions Team on 01983 852722.

ADMISSIONS

a) Click here to view our admission policy and for our admissions process please click here.

b) As a non-maintained special school we are not in a particular local authority composite prospectus.

c) We currently have 89 students on the school roll. 

OFSTED INSPECTION

As a non-maintained residential special, St Catherine’s School is required to have a yearly OFSTED care inspection and once every three years we are inspected by OFSTED for both education and care.  The most recent reports about the school published by her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills can be found on the Ofsted website at:

Our Ofsted reports can be found here:

EXAM AND ASSESSMENT RESULTS

Please see attached a Year on Year Progress Chart for students. Please note this data is not current. 

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TABLES:

The School Performance Tables with more information about our school and our results including Key Stage 5 is published by the Secretary of State on the Department for Education’s website can be accessed at the link below:  

SCHoOL OPENING HOURS

Monday to Friday: 9am-3:30pm

Total school hours per week: 32.5 hours

SCHOOL UNIFORM GUIDANCE

Please view our School Uniform Guidance here.

OUR SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Please view our Modified Curriculum for Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 to find out more about the subjects that are taught within school. We do not have Key Stage 1. 

For our post-16 education please view our Sixth Form Curriculum to find out more about the curriculum taught.

Our long term planning documents for each subject are available here.

A range of qualifications are available to students from Key Stage 4 according to ability. These include:

• GCSEs
• BTECs
• Entry Level Certificate
• Entry Pathways
• AQA Unit Award Scheme

Additional information about both curriculums can be obtained by contacting the school directly. 

Our Career's Lead is Michelle Tilling. To view our Careers Programme Information please click here. 

Our class curriculum overviews can be found here.

Parents/carers have the right to withdraw their children from Religious Education (RE). If you would like to withdraw your child from RE lessons, please email principal@stcatherines.org.uk. 

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

To view our School Development Plan please click here.

REMOTE EDUCATION INFORMATION

To view our Remote Education Information please click here.

BEHAVIOUR POLICY

Please click here to view the school’s Positive Behaviour Policy. 

PUPIL PREMIUM STRATEGY

Please see attached our Pupil Premium Strategy.

Please see attached our Pupil Premium Policy.

YEAR 7 LITERACY AND NUMERACY CATCH-UP PREMIUM

We did not receive the Year 7 Literacy and Numeracy Catch-up Premium for 2021/22.

PE AND SPORT PREMIUM 

Please see attached our PE and sport premium action plan 2023/2024

SCHOOL COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

Please click here to view the school's Complaints Policy, which includes our complaints procedure.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Students at St Catherine's have a statement of special education need detailing their difficulties with speech, language and communication. Individual programmes incorporating education, therapy (Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy) and care ensure their needs are met.

Please click here to view the school's Special Educational Needs Policy.

Please click here to view the school's Accessibility Policy.

Please click here to view the school's Special Educational Needs Information Report.

DIVERSITY & EQUALITY

Please click here to read our Diversity & Equalities Policy.

Please click here to read our Equality Statement

CHARGING AND REMISSIONS

As a non-maintained school, it is not a requirement for us to have a charging and remissions policy.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

No staff members at St Catherine's have an annual salary of £100,000 or more.

As a non-maintained school, St Catherine's does not have its financial data accessible through the schools financial benchmarking service.

ST CATHERINE'S VISION & VALUES STATEMENT 

Please click to view St Catherine's Vision & Values statement.

ST CATHERINE'S STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND FUNCTION

Please click to view St Catherine's Statement of Purpose and Function

Please click to view St Catherine's Statement of Purpose and Function - Widgit